Those are some serious fists of fury

Last night we were watching Fists of Fury on DVD. Enjoyed it immensely. But there are some things about that whole genre of 70's martial arts flicks that are so over the top, you can't help but laugh. For instance, towards the end of the movie when Bruce Lee's character is fighting a group of bad guys at the factory, we are to believe that he hits one man soooo hard that the poor sap actually goes through a wooden factory wall and leaves a hole the exact shape of his body, arms outstretched, legs spread, the whole nine yards. Very Tom & Jerry-esque. And there was another movie in this set of DVDs that starred Sonny Chiba as an ancient ninja who was able to balance his fully-grown identical-twin sons standing on his shoulders. Right. I'm sure ancient Japan defied the laws of both gravity and biology. You bet. Just struck me as interesting that when it's done artfully a la Crouching Tiger, it seems cool, but when it's set to 70s funk music, it just seems goofy. Curious.